Karaoke and aerobics: Island life for Indonesia's coronavirus evacuees

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Indonesian residents evacuated from Wuhan are sent to a remote island in the South China Sea.

More than 200 Indonesian nationals have spent their first few days in isolation on a remote Indonesian island in the South China Sea after being evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan.Evacuees are exercising, playing games and eating togetherThe evacuees arrived on the small island of Natuna a day before their

Australian equivalents arrived on Christmas Island, but appear to be having quite a different experienceUpon arrival at Hang Nadim International Airport in the Indonesian city of Batam, the pilot said"welcome home" over the speaker and the crowd cheered."I felt relieved. All the uncertainty has finally ended. At least we are now on home soil," an Indonesian university student, who wished to remain anonymous, told the ABC.

The 241 passengers were greeted by men in bright yellow protective suits spraying them with disinfectant as they exited the Batik Air Indonesian flight. For the next two weeks, they will be quarantined in a military hangar on the island while it's determined whether they have been infected with coronavirus, before being able to go back home.

 

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